﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  President 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  II. 
  COLLECTIONS, 
  EXPLORATIONS 
  AND 
  

   EXHIBITIONS 
  

  

  Explorations. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  through 
  expeditions 
  and 
  field 
  agents 
  

   that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  additions 
  are 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   collections. 
  It 
  is 
  obvious, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  our 
  duty 
  to 
  

   maintain 
  field 
  parties 
  although 
  this 
  involves 
  a 
  heavy 
  draft 
  on 
  

   our 
  resources. 
  Fortunately 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  friends 
  who 
  

   have 
  volunteered 
  to 
  assist 
  the 
  Museum 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  During 
  

   the 
  past 
  year 
  the 
  Museum 
  has 
  had 
  representatives 
  in 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  localities: 
  

  

  In 
  United 
  States 
  

  

  Alaska 
  

  

  Colorado 
  

  

  Florida 
  

  

  Alberta, 
  Canada 
  

   Arctic 
  America 
  

   Bahama 
  Islands 
  

   China 
  

  

  Hudson 
  Bay 
  

   India 
  

  

  Idaho 
  

  

  Montana 
  

  

  Nebraska 
  

  

  North 
  Dakota 
  

  

  Texas 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  

  

  In 
  Foreign 
  Countries 
  

  

  Kerguelen 
  Island 
  Saskatchewan, 
  Canada 
  

   Society 
  Islands 
  

   Solomon 
  Islands 
  

   South 
  Shetland 
  Islands 
  

   Vancouver, 
  B. 
  C. 
  

   French 
  West 
  Indies 
  

  

  Korea 
  

   Labrador 
  

   New 
  Zealand 
  

   Nicaragua 
  

   Philippine 
  Islands 
  

  

  MINERALS 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Mineralogy. 
  — 
  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  Bement 
  

   Collection 
  of 
  Minerals, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Pierpont 
  Morgan 
  

   a 
  few 
  years 
  ago, 
  is 
  so 
  great 
  that 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  other 
  

   large 
  collections 
  has 
  become 
  unnecessary 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  con- 
  

   sequent 
  duplication 
  of 
  material 
  already 
  on 
  hand. 
  In 
  order, 
  

   however, 
  to 
  maintain 
  the 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  excellence 
  estab- 
  

   lished 
  by 
  this 
  collection, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  purchase 
  from 
  

   time 
  to 
  time 
  exceptional 
  specimens 
  of 
  rare 
  form 
  and 
  examples 
  

   of 
  new 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  to 
  this 
  end 
  that 
  the 
  income 
  of 
  the 
  Bruce 
  

   Fund 
  is 
  applied, 
  and 
  through 
  its 
  aid 
  95 
  separate 
  species 
  and 
  

   varieties 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  cabinet 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  

   A 
  larger 
  endowment 
  of 
  this 
  department 
  is 
  needed. 
  

  

  Two 
  gifts 
  deserve 
  special 
  mention: 
  an 
  unusual 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  Polybasite 
  from 
  Arizpe, 
  Sonora, 
  Mexico, 
  the 
  locality 
  well 
  

   known 
  for 
  its 
  silver 
  ores, 
  which 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  President 
  

   and 
  Directors 
  of 
  the 
  Minas 
  Pedrazzini 
  Mining 
  Company; 
  

  

  